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Category: Beer

I love beer, specifically the creativity of the brewing process, distilling everything down to the most minute of details, from hopping, to sanitizing, to bottling. The overall taste of beer is very region-specific (access to certain hops, water source, etc.). It’s an ever-changing craft of experimentation and variety.

I’ve been 21 for three years now and have been cleaning and collecting the bottles of craft beer of which I’ve drank from.

Below is my updatable and evolving list of brews (of bottles I’ve collected) in order of brewery-specific favoritism:

(name – type – ABV – international bitterness units – side notes)

Greenbush Brewing Co. (Sawyer, MI) (would love to elaborate more on ingredient/hop-specific qualities…however, by rule via the Greenbush Employee Handbook, this may be considered treason…)

Mr. Hyde – Ale w/Infusco Coffee – 7.8% – might be biased due to my affiliation with Infusco…a hopped/caffeinated consciousness…one of the few brews that can morally be consumed in the pre-Noon hours (“Dude, are you an alcoholic?” “What? This is coffee.”)…the dark-roasted Indonesian Sumatra beans are bursting with flavor…half-coffee / half-beer

Remnant of Dragon – Imperial Red IPA – 9% – 100 IBU – Frankie Quinn in the Annex poured and sold me this as my first legal beer in November 2015…holds a special place in my heart…the dragon’s eye on the label reminds me of Smaug the Dragon from The Hobbit…definitely a rich/ballsy IPA…pretty much tastes like the blood of a dragon

Lake Placid Pub & Brewery (Lake Placid, NY) (my fave location in the world…going here from July 6 – July 27 this summer to run 150 miles per week in the mountains, compete in the Whiteface Sky Race, and be a viewer of the IronMan Triathlon…half the time living in my truck / half the time in a cabin with awesome friends…I will be at this brewpub many a day n night…also, looking forward to checking out the brand new Big Slide Brewery just down the road)